Professor Anthony's thinking is still fixed in Europe and the United States, so he seems a little anxious about building a factory:
"Lin, producing drugs requires a large number of advanced production lines. Have you got this done? The infrastructure has already invested a lot, and the production lines and APIs are even more expensive. I'm really worried that your funding chain will be broken, and then our cooperation will be in trouble."
Lin Sanqi smacked his lips and glanced guiltily at the three white old men:
"Well, your concerns are indeed justified. Professors, look around here. There are villages everywhere. I spent a huge sum of money just on demolition compensation. You should also know what it costs to make the villagers move.
Apart from anything else, the amount of steel bars, cement and other building materials needed for this project is an astronomical figure. What's more, there are a full 30,000 workers serving me, and my annual labor cost is another astronomical figure.
And to avoid unnecessary trouble, all the investment is from my own pocket, absolutely no private capital has been involved. Since we are partners, there is no need for me to lie to you, the capital chain is indeed very tight."
Professor Witte, Professor Anthony, and Professor Theodore looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.
If the project is delayed due to funding issues and the pharmaceutical factory is delayed in construction, it means that they will not be able to make money.
Time is money, and this is true all over the world.
So the three white old men fell silent, and each of them started to have their own plans among themselves.
Lin Sanqi saw that the three professors were silent. Did they not fall for it? They didn't pat their chests and say, "How much money do you need? We will make it up to you." He felt a little disappointed.
So prepare to add fuel to the fire.
Bao'an County Cinema.
There are three complete drug trial production lines here, which Lin Sanqi uses to give pharmaceutical students and professors practice. In addition to trial production, there are also imitation, repair, maintenance and other supporting services for the production lines.
When Lin Sanqi arrived with three white professors, Professor Chai and his group were already waiting.
Professor Chai Guoli, Professor Guo Wenhao and others are the most well-known pharmaceutical experts and academicians in China. They were very surprised to see the arrival of internationally renowned experts.
"Come on, professors, let me introduce you to my talent pool. This is Professor Chai, formerly of Peking University, this is Professor Guo, formerly of Huaguo Pharmaceutical University, and this is..."
The three white professors knew Peking University in China, but had never heard of other universities.
When the three white men heard that Lin Sanqi had invited the best professors in China, they became even more confident in Lin Sanqi's new pharmaceutical factory.
Professor Witte, Professor Anthony, and Professor Theodore all came forward enthusiastically to shake hands and greet him.
There is still a mutual respect among intellectuals. After all, Professor Chai and others were also educated abroad and trained in the Western education system, so there are no communication barriers.
This is a very strange thing. The more educated people are, the more they agree with opening up to the outside world and making progress together.
On the contrary, it is those who are uneducated and ignorant who like to close the country to the outside world. Their extreme inferiority complex turns into extreme self-esteem, and then they become extremely hostile to foreigners, shouting all day long that they want foreigners to die.
"Professor Chai, let me introduce you to several other professors. This is Professor Witte from the Medical School of the University of Oxford in England. These two are Professors Anthony and Theodore, both from Harvard Medical School.
These three are also the president and vice president of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. I brought them here to inspect our industrial park construction and pharmaceutical production equipment. You two should have a good exchange."
When Professor Chai and his companions heard this, they showed great respect to the three white old men in front of them and understood the importance of these three men.
They knew Lin Sanqi's plan, that the drugs would be divided into domestic sales and foreign trade in the future.
Obviously, if you want to do foreign trade, you must rely on the power of foreigners, otherwise foreign countries will not allow your drugs to enter at all.
Now that Lin Sanqi has brought in foreigners, who are internationally renowned medical experts, several Chinese professors present are extremely excited, knowing that Lin Sanqi is truly doing "investment promotion work."
Professor Chai introduced in fluent English:
"Professors, please follow me. I will introduce you to our experimental production line."
Professor Witte smiled on his face, but he didn't agree in his heart.
Because in 1958 he had visited China and visited the Tianjin Pharmaceutical Factory, which was said to be one of the largest pharmaceutical factories in China.
As a result, the production workshop he saw was not full of machines, but was entirely made by hand, and all steps were performed by hand.
The key point is that the workshop where the medicine is produced is completely unhygienic. The workers do not wear professional work clothes or gloves, and they come into direct contact with the medicine with their bare hands.
Professor Witte also saw many workers busy making medicine pills, and from time to time they had to move boxes or get some materials.
At that time, the old man's mouth twitched, and he had a further impression of China's backwardness.
At that time, one leader proudly asked, "What level does China's pharmaceutical technology rank in the world?" This left the visiting foreign experts speechless.
So when he came to Bao'an County this time, Professor Witte was mentally prepared for the Chinese people to "hand-rub" tuberculosis drugs.
On the contrary, Professors Anthony and Theodore are full of confidence in China. They don’t even know it themselves, but subconsciously, they have become little fans of China.
Because Lin Sanqi brought them so many surprises.
Professor Witte walked into the hall of this backward cinema and suddenly heard a buzzing sound coming from inside, obviously some machine was running.
Lin Sanqi introduced with a smile:
"There are three production lines in trial operation. Professors, please observe them and give us your opinion on how our production lines compare to those abroad. How is the quality and output of these production lines?"
Professor Witte thought, what's wrong with you Chinese people? Why do you always like to ask the guests about their class?
Will he slap you in the face and say that you are really too backward, too barbaric, and too low-class?
Just as Professor Witte was complaining, he walked into the theater and suddenly became dazed.
The drug production line that appeared before him was running at full speed. Except for some young students moving raw materials, there were no extra workers operating the entire production line.
It turned out that Professor Witte thought that the assembly line should be full of female workers, who would roll the balls with their hands.
Professor Theodore also walked into the theater at this time. Seeing the empty interior, he saw several production lines lined up in a row, producing non-stop. He asked curiously:
"Lin, why is your production line old?"
Lin Sanqi smiled and said, "No matter how old it is, with just this one production line, as long as there is an adequate supply of raw materials, I can produce 5,000 tablets per minute on this one production line alone."
Professor Witte opened his mouth in surprise, looked around the production line inside and out, and then asked Professor Chai who was accompanying him:
"Chai, this is amazing! I've never seen such a pharmaceutical production line abroad. It's completely automated."
Professor Chai was very happy. For people of this era, as long as foreigners say good things about us, we are happy:
"No, no, our country's science, technology and industrial level still cannot compare with those of European and American countries. We still need to work harder."
Professor Witte quickly corrected:
"No, no, no, Chai, to be honest, I'm actually a shareholder of a pharmaceutical company, so I'm quite familiar with our pharmaceutical factory in England. Our most advanced production line can only produce 1,000 tablets per minute at most.
If you're not exaggerating, your production line efficiency alone is five times ours. Wow. I'm a little confused. I haven't been to China for only four or five years, how come you've developed so rapidly?
The white old man said he admired it, but he still didn't believe it in his heart, so he quietly found a metal "nameplate" under the production line.
Ignoring the dirt and oil on the production line, he simply wiped it hard with his sleeve.
Then he pushed up his glasses and took a closer look. Although he couldn't understand the words on it, he could clearly tell that it was Chinese.
The old man thought, is this really a machine made in China? No, I have to tell this to the several pharmaceutical companies where I serve on the board of directors.
With a plan in mind, Professor Witte didn't hesitate to take out the small camera hanging on his chest and took a few pictures of the nameplate.
Then he stood up again and started taking photos of the production line in action. (End of this chapter)
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